Franck, an out-of-this-world hero«

Le Regard Libre N° 70 - Ivan Garcia

Quentin Mouron special report

In two of his novels, Quentin Mouron stages the adventures of a cynical private detective who, despite his flair, is often off the mark. A way of depicting the contemporary loss of meaning.

What would a novel be without a main character? Without a being who, in the course of his adventures, glories and misadventures, would not arouse emotions in the reader? It would be a very dull book, I agree. Depending on the era and literary school, there are protagonists of all kinds: great tragic heroes, marginal anti-heroes, flamboyant-eyed supermen... Often, characters (and the works in which they appear) reflect an era and vice-versa.

It is clear that the novelistic characters of the XX